Roc — #11071 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Roc

The Social Security Administration has registered 279 babies named Roc between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Roc currently holds the #11071 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Roc performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Roc shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Roc in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Roc in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 279 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.